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Hardcover. As urbanization accelerates, the issues of development, urban planning, and sustainability become ever more intractable. Using more than a dozen detailed case studies, this book examines these issues and how they have affected outcomes on the ground. Series: CSUR-UT Series: Library for Sustainable Urban Regeneration. Num Pages: 418 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSG; RGL; RNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 806.
For the first time in human history, more than half the world’s population is urban. A fundamental aspect of this transformation has been the emergence of giant cities, or megacities, that present major new challenges. This book examines how issues of megacity development, urban form, sustainability, and unsustainability are conceived, how governance processes are influenced by these ideas, and how these processes have in turn influenced outcomes on the ground, in some cases in transformative ways. Through 15 in-depth case studies by prominent researchers from around the world, this book examines the major challenges facing megacities today. The studies are ... Read more
For the first time in human history, more than half the world’s population is urban. A fundamental aspect of this transformation has been the emergence of giant cities, or megacities, that present major new challenges. This book examines how issues of megacity development, urban form, sustainability, and unsustainability are conceived, how governance processes are influenced by these ideas, and how these processes have in turn influenced outcomes on the ground, in some cases in transformative ways. Through 15 in-depth case studies by prominent researchers from around the world, this book examines the major challenges facing megacities today. The studies are ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Springer Verlag, Japan Japan
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
Series
CSUR-UT Series: Library for Sustainable Urban Regeneration
Number of Pages
418
Place of Publication
Tokyo, Japan
ISBN
9784431992660
SKU
V9784431992660
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